JOHANNESBURG - Public interest lawyer Richard Spoor says the government is starving illegal miners in Stilfontein.
This after NatJoints released a statement saying the miners are not trapped; instead they are evading law enforcement by remaining underground.
NatJoints has suggested that the zama zamas are capable of resurfacing without any external assistance.
There's been growing calls for the government to send relief supplies to the allegedly trapped illegal miners.